During the latter half of the last century, evidence of reproductive competition between males
and male selection by females led to the development of a stereotypical view of sex …

Ornaments, weapons and aggressive behaviours may evolve in female animals by mate
choice and intrasexual competition for mating opportunities—the standard forms of sexual …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Research on sexual selection shows that the evolution of secondary sexual characters in
males and the distribution of sex differences are more complex than was initially suggested …

Following Darwin's original insights regarding sexual selection, studies of intrasexual
competition have mainly focused on male competition for mates; by contrast, female …

Darwin developed the theory of sexual selection to account for the evolution of weaponry,
ornamentation and other secondary sexual characters that are commonly more developed …

For sexual selection to act on a given sex, there must exist variation in the reproductive
success of that sex as a result of differential access to mates or fertilisations. The …

To address claims of human exceptionalism, we determine where humans fit within the
greater mammalian distribution of reproductive inequality. We show that humans exhibit …

The domestic cat is the only member of the Felidae to form social relationships with humans,
and also, the only small felid to form intraspecific social groups when free ranging. The latter …

Behavioural innovations may have far-reaching evolutionary and ecological consequences,
allowing individuals to obtain new resources and cope with environmental change …